Farmers face ruin as drought devastates summer crops
While consumers are safe for now, many farmers have lost millions of rand after a promising start to the season
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While consumers are safe for now, many farmers have lost millions of rand after a promising start to the season
South African climate and international scientists have called for more investment in the appropriate skills and technology to improve seasonal forecast and
With the El Niño event that is likely to see temperatures reach ever greater heights, scientists and experts are cautioning that the agricultural sector and its workers need to prepare for what may be successive sweltering summers.
Scientists say the heavy rains that have been hammering the Western Cape in recent weeks are ‘at least as rare as one-in-20 to one-in-100 years’.
Experts warned this week that the weather phenomenon El Niño is likely to soon affect southern Africa, but whether it will cause a drought is yet to be determined.